Practice mode Tenses

The teacher said, “The earth moves round the sun.” In reported speech: The teacher said that the earth ____ round the sun.

Correct answer C. moves

Explanation

A universal truth keeps its present tense in reported speech even after a past reporting verb, so "moves" does not change.

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